US982853A - Cash indicator and register. - Google Patents

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FRANCIS G. OSBORD T, OF DETROJ I T, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF JQAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO, (INCORPORATED IN 1.906.)

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To all whom it moy 'conccm: Be it known that I, FnAnc-is (J. ()snonn,

, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigai'i, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cash Indicators and Registers, of which the following is a specification.

a The principal object of my invention is to improve the machine described in the patentissued to present applicant August 27, 1907 #864,185, wherein there are combined with mechanism forindicating and registering sales, an indicator of the change to which the purchaser is entitled, and a change maker, or mechanism by means of which the machineselects from proper receptacles coins or bills carried in round shallow boxes,

f or both, amounting to the change required. My improved machine embodies means for indicatinthe" amount paid by the purchaser, in addition to the" indications of the sale and the change, so that the entire transaction will beindicated.

In the inachine of the application referred to, by reason of 'the liinitations imposed bythe eompu'tingiinechanism, it was necessary to actuate the wheels of that mechanism, siiccessivelyato perform the difierentisteps in 3-0 thesubtra'cting operat'iomiand consequently the operation ofthe ina'chinewas somewhat co'r'rip'le'x. In li y-improved machine, hQW'. ever, .I employ a computing mechanism :(based fj pon. the principle of that described in my Patent No..4:84,81 4, granted Qctober 25th, 1892) wherein the threesets of actuators (the sales or subtracting actuators,

' the paid-in or adding actuatorsfaiid the carrying actuators) are capable ofisimulta- 40 neous action so as to produ'ce, byoneinove ment, the required indication ofgchange. This enables me to operate the paidin or adding actuators by mechanism similar to that 'which is employed- ;to; operate the sales or subtracting? actuators, which -mechanism, in the form o f a-pparatus to which -I have applied iny invention, consists of toothed slides or segments,,acted upon by" pivoted. dogs-carried by, a moving )yoke' or" "c'rosslread,, whieh dogs are thrown into I the te'etli of'the-slides by the depression of keys. By thisin'eans the f paid-in amounts; are'f f s et uponthemachin'e', as are'thc sales same prime'actuator which ihOVGS the indi- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan. 31, 1911. Application filed May 2, ass. Serial Kama-946.

amounts, by the depression of properly marked keys, and the paid-in slides are operated simultaneously with the sales slides and by the same actuatin mechanism. Where the indications are ina e on wheels,

as I prefer to make them, the wheels indicating the amounts paid in can be connect edwith and operated by the paid-in? slides, the same as the F sales indicating wheels are connected with the sales slides,

as described in the application referred to.

The three sets of indicator-Wheels referred to, viz: the paid-in indicator, the sales indicator, and the change indicator, are

preferably located in the order named, u pon the front of the machine at its top.

Instead of employing a'separa'te actuator for moving the coin-expelling levers, as in. the patent-first,referred to, my improved machine has these levers operated by the cat'ors and at'the end of its movement. The

compound coin-ejecting slides of my improved machine are differentlyconstructed from those of the machine of the said patent in that the number of coins ejected is not 8O drawa'lof the slides, but each corn ound slide is made in sections, arranged to slit e one withb in t-he'pther, and eachse'ction is operated bya separate ex elliiig lever, the adjustable end of the coin t'ri e: being; raised the proper distance sau a-or the slide as it adprovide, in my improved; machine, a special arrangement of theexp'elling levers and selecting' pins-on the tens drum of the computing machine, by means of which the twenty-five centjcoins are employed in making'change from the fte'n's section of. the machine, without necessitating any 'comiee tion with the uniti section. v

My improved gmachineisalso designed 'to work in connection with 'acash drawer, in which case the coin tubes may be removed. from, the machine and also the coinexp'elling levers and slides,1although these parts may 00 remain and no coins be placed in the tubes,

The cash drawer may be one which is thrown open by a spring,-and.when closed against the tensionof the spring, is locked in a closed'position by a latch which is lifted 5 by thepriine actuator oi the machine, as

50 60 in'Fig. 2,1 showing'the wedge for it reaches the limit of its n'mvemcnt. lVhcn the cash drawer is used, the machine will indicate the change, without making it, and

I the change -.will be made by the clerk from the 'cash'drawer in accordance with the indicatlon whlch the machine furnishes.

My improved machine also embodies certain improvements applicable to cash indicatorsand'registers of the type illustrated in my Patents No. 455,111, granted June 30, 18 91, and No. $64,185, granted Aug. 27, 1907 which improvements may be employed .on cash indicators and registers of this character, Whether the same are prov ded or not provided with indicators for showingv the paid-in amounts and thechange and with mechanism for making the change. -These. improvements relate in part to the prime. actuating mechanism for moving the yoke or c-rosshead, which enables "a rotary motion to be employedfor the operating handle instead of areciprocating motion, and in part to a construction wh ereby'the keys may in its lowermost be depressed while the yoke or crosshead is Position, and will not be disturbed, nor wil' they themselvesact upon the pivoted dogs during therising motion of -the yoke or crosshead, The last mentioned result 'is attained b'y*giving the 'yoke or crossheada -lateral movement at theends of its vertical movement, and providing it with proper channels through which the endsf'of the depressed keys pass without touching the yoke, or other parts of the mechanism during the rising movement of the yoke. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a'inachine embodying my invention, with the-casing removed and also having the coin tubes removed; Fig.- 2

.is a central vertical section ofthe machine,

with the key-board in position; Figs. 3 and 4 are: elevations from opposite sides, of the machine,with the casing removed Fig. 5 is a plan view-ofthe .comp ting mechanism taken at the angle indicated by the dotted I line and arrowg in Fig. 2; Fig. 6 is asec-" tional-view of the unit section" of the computing mechanism and the first element ,of

5. {'Fig, 7 is a side view of one of the adding wheelsof the computing mechanism an'dlcothe tens section," the partsbeing separated at two-points forfclearness of; illustration;

.. operating mechanism; Fig, 7 is a side view headand one ofthe pivoted dogs carried. '60

of one of'the computing drums and driving 'pinions; Fig. 8 1s a sectional view on line shifting the c'rosshead laterally; Fig. 9 is a perspective view' of a: portion of the crossthe'reby'; Fig. 10 is a sectional" view of the 1 parts shown in Fig. Fig. 1.1 is a sectional view-showingone of the compound coin-- expelling slides-and the coin tube. cooperating therewith; Fig. 12 is a planview of the compound slide, the coin-expelling levers being in section; Fig. 13. is a sect-ional vicw showing the cash-drawer; Fig. 14 is a front elevation of the machine, showing a somewhatdiflerent arrangement of the keyboard and the indicators; Fig. l5'is a verti-* cal section showing the principal elements of the machine of Fig. 14; Fig. 16 is a front view'wf the indicator wheels of this machine, showing their connection together and with the operating segments. F ig. 17 represents a top plan view of one of the bill re- 'ceptacles which is similar to that shown in my aforesaid pending application, and Fig.

18 represents a vertical section through the same.

- v I will first describe-the machine illustrated by Figs. l to 13 inclusive, and will then refer to the respects in which the machine shownin Figs. 14., 15 and 16 differs therefrom.

3 and 4 are the toothed slides of the first,

second, third and fourth orders, which are connected at their upper ends by chains with the sale indicator wheels or-drums E, 'Wl1l(3l1 I wheels are turned as the shdes are moved downwardly, winding up springs within the drums, which turn the'wheelsbackwardly 'to D the zero position and raisethe slides when the crossh'ead'makes its return movement..- A

These springs are not shown, but 'they'may be arrangedin any suitable manner, as, for instance, in my Patent No. 455,111, above referred to. The slides 1., 2,3, 4are those which are used in indicating and registering the amounts of the sales, and. are referred to ,hereinafteras' the sales slides or actuators. Instead-of operating the crosshead G by the reciprocation of alever, as'in my former ap plication "before referred ,to and as in my Patent No. 45.5,111, I arrange the parts to be operated by arotating handle F, which 'turns a shaft F, journa led inthe sideframes in front-of the curvedback plate B, and car rying on'its end opposite to the handle :1

disk which is connected by a pit-man Z) androc'ker-arm c-with the'shaft D. The rotation of the shaft Ff by the handle F causes a rocking movement to be given to the shaft D, and a reciprocating movement to the crosshea-d (1 up and downover the cur\-'ed' backplate B, thearms a moving in the slots 'a The periphery of the disk G is provided with ratchet-teeth, with which engages a pawl, al for preventing the backward movement of the parts.

The shaft F is the prime actuator of the. machine from which all other parts receive their movement.

The crosshead G" carries pivoted dogs 5, 6,? and 8 which engage with the teeth of the sales slides 1, 2, 3,} 1n the downward movement of'the crosshead, the dogs being thrown into engagementwith :the teeth of the slides by the stems of the 3 sales keys H when such keys are depressed,

, into-the teeth-of the. slides, after which the such stems engaging with beveled lugs projecting forward-from the heads of the dogs,

as described in my former application and in my Patent No. 455,111. The downward movement of the crosshead C causes the beveled lugs on'the dogs which travel in the v path of any of the keys that'aredepressed to strike the stems of the keys, forcing the dogs stems of the keys ride over inclines 9 on the crosshead C (see Figs. 9 and 10), which force the keys outwardly so that they will not engage the dogs'on any. future movement of the cross-head'unless again depressed.

In'order that the keys may be depressed I .while the 'crosshead-C is in its lowermost po- 'sition .and before the crosshead is lift-ed,- I provide for giving the crosshead,-at each end of its reciprocating movement, a. lateral movement, so that during the upward movement of the crosshead the stems of the de pressed keys will not pass over the inclines 9, but will pass through channels 10 on the face of thecrosshead and adjoining the inelines 9, without disturbing the position of the keys. To give the crosshead this lateral movement, the rockshaft Dis 'mounted to slide in itshearings, being forcedin one di rection by a blade spring '6 (Fig-,4), and in the other direction by a -sliding wedge f,

-'actingu-pon'anotliei' wedge adapted to move longitudinally with the shaft, but not to. turn therewith (see-Fig. 8). The wedge f is provided "with .a slot throughwhich passes the pivot pinf of the rockshaft' D,

the .slot'being long enough to permitthe free movement of the wedge'. This wedge is car-' ried by a bar 1, whose forward end terminates in acurved'fork g, the lower prong of the fork being extended beyond the upper prong and turned inwardly to" form a tooth g. Ali-arm h secured to the handle shaft F engageswith the curved'fork g f. In

reaching the position of rest-of themachine shown in Fig. 3, the arm It has engaged with the upper prong of the curved forkg, forc- 'ing the bar I to the rear and sliding the main shaft D tothe'right (facingthe machine), against the tension of the springs.

' This movementcarries the crosshead G to the right bringing the channels '10 in line with the key stems. I As the handle is moved,

. the arm it travels around the; fork; until the rerosshead 0 reaches the upper limit, of its movement, when the .arm It strikes the tooth g" on the -lower prong e f-the fork, drawingthe bar'I forward and. permitting the shaft D and the crosshead G to be moved again to the left by means of the spring a, The con- .tinued rotation of the handle moves the crossh'ead C downwitrdly hringing the beveled lugs on the pivoted dogs and the in- 'clines' 9 into contact with-the stems of such keys as are depressed. The slots at in the curved back-plate B, through which the arms a pass, are made wide enough to permit .the lateral movementof the crosshead (I. Adjoining the sales slides are similar'toothed slides 11, 12, 13 and l t, with which engage pivoted dogs '15, 16, 17 and 18, carried by the crosshead C, in a manner similar to the dogs engaging the sales siides. The slides 11, 12, 1 3 and 14 are adapted to respond to the depression of keys K which represent theamounts paid in bythe customers, and

these slides are therefore hereinafter designated as the paid-in. slides oractuators.

The paid-in slides, like the sales slides,

vare of four orders. Forpozivenience, they may be located at'the sides 'ef the machine, t-wo of the paid-in slides being at one side, and two at the other side, while the sales slides are between the paid-in slides, the salesikeys and.p aid -in keys being similarly arranged; but any other arrangement of the keys and slides, such as the alternation of the sales and paidin keys and slides, could be employed, as illustrated in l4 and '16. The upper ends of the paid-in slides are connected-with thep'aid-in indicator.

wheels or drun'isL, just as the sales indicator wheels are .co'nnected with the sales 1 slides, -such Wheels or drums beingv rotated byithe downward movement of the'pslides .through "chain connections, and turned in the other direction as the slides are raised justs' selecting pins for throwing the coine z'pelling levers. The computing mecha- 'nlsm is shown asconsisting o'f four'drums, M, N, O 1 which have the dlglts marked tl1ei eon,.these drums representing the first four orders of numerals. The unit drum -M is turned in the direction totraverse from lower to higher figures by the unit paid in slide 11,'and'is-moved(in the reverse direc-.

tion, or from hi her to lower figures, by

the unit sales sli e 1.-"Si1nilarly, ,the tens drum Nis moved to increase the indicated number and to decrease that number by: the paid-in slide 12 and the sales slide- 2 respectively." The hundreds drum" 0 is likewise moved by the slides 13 and3, and the thousands drum P by the slides 14 and It; in

other words, the paidkin slides act to set up onthe drums the amount paid in by t-l epur- .hy means ofsprin'gs in the same manner as chaser, While the sales slides act to subtract from that sum the amount of the sale,

the remainder being the amount of the change, it being understood that the carrymg mechanism acts to carry from drums of lower to drumsof higher'order, moving the drums of. higher order in one or the other direction according to whether the carrying is one of addition or one of subtraction, the addition carrying taking. place when the drums are set baclr'to the zero position. To understand how this is accomplishedby a simultaneous movement in which the three sets of actuators (viz: the paid-in or adding actuators,- the sales or subtracting actuators, and the carrying actuators) move together and produce their proper results without interference one with the other, referencev should be had to the detail Figs. 5, (3 and 7 showing the computing mechanism. Then'acks on the paid-in slides engage, .through 'pinions 19, 20, 21- and 22, with thepjaid-in or addition wheels Q, R, S, T, while the racks-on the sales slides engage,-through pinions 23 and 23, 24 and 24, 25 and 25 and 26 and 26", with the sales or subtracting Wheels U, V, W, X, the racks engaging the pinion s23, 24, 25 and 26, which arefixed to and turn with the pinions 23', 24', '25 and 26 respectively, which latter pinions engage the sales or subtractward movement. of the-slides, but they act upon the drums in different directions bv;

' interior of the respective drums. M, N, O, P.

" m'at one end, and is supported at that'end' gear-wheel g, which is fixed to .a sleeve upon ing Wheels.

wheels, as well as the drums, are sleeved upon a stationary shaft Y. The adding and subtracting wheels just referred *to are turned inthe-sanie direction by the downmeans of compound epicycli gears. The subtracting wheels U, V. "W, X are secured to the ends of sleeves 5 (Fig.6) mounted on the shaft Y, and having-at their ends opposite to the subtracting wheels disks or flanges 7.: carrying the epicyclic pinion's Z, which mesh with an internal gear m on the Each of-the drums has such an internal gear on the epicyclic pinions Z. The other end of each drum has a flange n eXte-ndmgto andbcaring upon the sleeve 71. Each of thc addlng wheels Q, R, S, T. carries a set of eplcychc puno-ns 0 mounted; onrpms passingthrough the wheel and through' a retalning plate p. l-leldbetween the adding wheel and the plate 79 and encirclingtheepicyclic pinions -0 is an internally toothedring Z, which gears with theoutcr sides'of the. epicyclic .pinions 0, and isthe stationary wheel of the compound epicycli'c. gearing. -Meshing with the innerQside-ot' the pinionso'is a which is a 'similang gear-wheel r,i located outside ofthe retaining plate p. The gearwheel r for each set of gears engages with These adding and: subtracting the inner sides of the epicyclic 'pinions Z,

wh'icl'r'meshwiththe tlrufiro aeratn-wl by that the subtracting wheel is rotated, the drum will be given a-movement in the samedirection as the subtracting wheel, by means of the epicyclic pinions Z, and that if both, the adding and subtracting-wheels move simulwheel and ring-Z are held stationary, and

taneously, the drum will remain stationary. 7

It will be' seen that .the adding Wheel acts" on the drum through two sets of epicyclic pinions, the secondset being held stationary, i. e. revolution-around ,acommon axis, by the subtractingwheels, thus giving the drums a reverse directionof rotation; while the subtracting wheels act upon the drums through a single set of epic-yolic pinions, which are given a movement of'revolution by the'subtracting. wheels and "a. movement of rotation by-the' gear r and rotate the drums in the same direction 'asthe subtracti.ng.wheels. When both the adding and silbtractingwvheels are rotating atthe same time, the epicyclic pin'ions Z,-hav1ng-a movement or rotation given by the adding wheel and a movement about the common- 00 modify the effect upon the drum and cause axis given, by the. subtracting wheel, will the drum to take up a positionwhich is the resultant of the movements of the two wheels For. a carrying deviceI employthe intermittently acting carrier of "my Patent No. 484,814, thejntermitting wheel of whichengages with teeth on thed'ru'm'of one order and turns theri'ngZof the higher order of wheels'inone direction or theother accord ing'to'whether thefcarrying is one of addition or subtraction. The ring Z of .the first order of wheels is held against turning by the'arm s, secured'at any suitable point to the framework. ,Eachof the drums 'M,

N, O, P'has its flange n extended to form a smooth circular--.0uter rim t, which, at one provi ded with four point in-its periphery,

' t l1e :teeth on the q teeth u, engaging with mutilated pinion '2) which is one elementof .the carrying; 'evices. Theteeth u-engage the multilated pinion and turn it in one direaction as the drum passes from 0 to v9, and

inthe other direction as the drum passes from 9 to'O, the pinion being at other times looked against rotation the smooth face of therim Z. Each of the mutilatedpinions o is mounted-on a sleeve, cairrying atits other end an ordinary pinion jw,'the other element of the-j carryingv devices which meshes'withthe ring Z of the next higher then turned, thus raising-the; cros shead C to the. handle F- mores? the "crossheadi-downwithfthe cross'headQ Theniovement ofthe ment'of the ring Zmodifies the effect which last customer received. For a new trains-- 'totheir normal positions." All Ted-10H; takes place when the crosshead is hold in a fixed position,. the' stationary .when itis turned in one direction or the order of .wheels; The carryin devices lock the ringsZ of the drums of t c second, third and fourth orders against moyenient except when the mutilated"pinio'ns of the carryingdevice's are rotated. Th'ennove the epicyc'lic pinions 0' and l have on the drums-with which they are connected. Each movement o f'a; ring Z due to its carrying pinionis justsufficient to'niove the drum with whichit is connected one-tenthi-of a revolution. v t f In the position of rest of the machine, the crosshead C standsat'the lower limit of its movemenh'and' the indicators show the lasttransaction, the drums (if the computing mechanism indicating the change which the action, the. proper keys are depressed, representing'the amount of money-paid in and the amount of the'sale. [The handle F is wardly again, the pivote dogs "engaging notches in the slides determined by lthe 'de; pressed keys and carrying such -l'slides downslides moves the drtim s' of"t he ,coiripnting mechanism. *If a. drum. istfirst started by one ofthe sales or subtracting-slides, itwill more from 0 tot). and willatonceltu'rn the mutilated pinion and tuifii' the-,drum of. the next higher order one-:tent-lifofla revolution in the -same direction -subtracting' one from the indication furnished by thelatter-drum. 'lhangowimnent of thedrum'in the other diagain lifted for another transaction and the wheels set back. to the 'zerofposition; then the teeth ii engage the mutilated pinion when the drum moves from 9 to O,"turning the drum of the next higher order in the re verse direction. or that of adding one to its' indication. The intermittently acting carry-' ing device, it will be seen, serves to lock, or

wheel of the epicycl-ic gearing except when it acts to. perform 1ts carry1ng funct1on,

other, and modifies the effect of the epicyclic gearing upon'th'e drums. Considering the entire operation. in a'gener'al way, the three actuators for one-of the drums higher than the,unitdrum maybe said to operate as follow'sz- The adding and subtracting actu' ators acton the drum through a compound epicyclic gearing-involving two sets. of epicyclic 'pinions, one set-'being given a motion of translationibythc adding wheel, and the other set a motion of translation by the subtracting wheel, while the carrying actuator moves the'stationarywvheel, which acts as the fulcrum for the epicyclic pinions.

1 The operation of the change-making mechanism iscontrolled by the pins a: located upon the drums of the computing mecha: nism. The change is contained in. coin tubes 3- which tubes are preferably secured together and located in the front partof the machine, and preferably held in position' by spring catches 35 so as to be readily re-- mogable. The change is ejected from the 'bot tom'of the tubes by slides which normal'ly stand immediately behind thetubes .(instead of under the tubes as described in any Patent No. 864,185, granted August 27,

1907). and are moved forward to eject the change and re-tracted into normal position by a seriesof expelling levers Qi' which are actuated by the prime actuator'to. eject change and returned to normal position by.

springs 31. .The expelling levers 27 are angle levers which are sleeved at their angles upona-shaft 28 carried by pivoted arms or links 29; the shaft and links forming-a reciprocatingframe carrying theexpelhng levers. Thlsframe 1s g ven an upward move- -1'nen t by a cam 30 on shaft F, which engages-with'a;projection onthe arms 29 as seen in Fig. 2. This engagement of the cam to move'the-frame upward takes place during. the lastpart of the. rotation of-shaft- F, or in other words after the indicators, register and change computer have been actuated. When the frame carrying the expelling lever is raised, the short arms are brought. into 1 contact with the pins m on the drums, which were m.ov ed into operative position by the automatic ad ustment of the change computer, and during the continued upward movement of the frame the pins which are in engagement with the short arms of the-expelling levers act as pivots for-such levers and it will be seen that the long arms "of the levers 27 will then, be forced forward,

carrying the coin slides "with them, and thereby eject the proper amount of change.

.The 'coin slides and levers 27 are connected by links 33, and it will beseen that the levers 27 which do not engage with pins x will move upward and are free to swing backward and raise.the forward ends of links 33 and hence the coin slides connected 'with such links willremain stationary. As

the cam 30 passes from under the projection on link 29, the frame is drawndownwa-rcl' by spring 31. During the downward movement, the short arms of the expelling levers which were moved forward to'operate their respective coin slides will strike the statiolr ary bar a," :which acts as a pivot. for the and seventy-five cents inclusive, while the fiftycent shde,- wh1ch is operated by pins levers during the downward movement of the frame, and whereby such levers will now be tilt-ed backward, and, the actuated coin slides will be drawn backward from under the coin tubes and into normal position.

\Vith the one cent, ten cent, and one dotlar tubes, compound coin-expelling slides are employed. These slides are each composed of a sectionalslide, composed of four sec tions, 36,37, 38 and 39, theinncr section being of the proper height to expel one coin, the next two coins, the next'three coins, and the next four coins. These sections are connected with independent expelling levers, as

shown, operated 'bydiflerent pins on, the? drums, so that a positive and certaiiifresult 1s attalned. The-com tubes with which the compound slides cooperate areprovided'with adjustable sleeves or linings, as described in my former application which are lifted by the slides by means of :be veled lugs awhich the slides strike as they advance. To utilize twenty-five cent coins in making change, I provide the coin-expelling slide for the twenty-five cent tube with'an expelling rib 40 (Fig. 1), which is thick enough to expel two coins at eaclroperation. The lever operating the twenty-five cent slideis worked by pins on" the tens drum N, which are so arranged that the twenty-five cent slide is operated for making change between fifty on the same drum and expels one win at each movement, is used to make change-between eighty centsand ninety-five cents iuelusive, S ince the twenty-five cent coin is made up. of units and tens, it could not he used for making change singly without a combined action of the units and tens drums.

which would result in complication, and

hence I prefer to arrange the. tens drum for expelling two quarters at a tune and divide the change between fifty cents and a dollar between the twenty-five cent coins and the closed by a pivoted latch 43, which latch is connected by a wire with the shaft 28, so that when that shaft lifted by the cams 30, the latch \villbe'lifted and the drawer released. This would occur at the end of the complete operation of the machine. The cash drawer may be used when the'. com tubes are not filled or for making change in greater amounts than the expellmgmeclurnism is provided to nmke,-althoughthe indicatingmechanism may indicate the proper It is also evident that if the ma--- change. chine was used without the coin expelling devlcesl the cash drawer would become an essential adjunct.

It will be understood that the registering mechanism 44, 45, 46, is that of my Patent No. 455,111. The machineis also preferably provided with. a' shield 47 (Figs. 1 and 2), similar to that described in my former application, whose purpose is to hide the figures of the sales indicator until the movement of the machine is completed. The

same shield or other shields of similar character may be employed to cover the figures; of the paid-in indicator and the change indicalor. Shield 47 is carried by arm 47, se-

cured to arock-shaft 47, operated by the vertical rod 48, having a foot 48, which is engaged by a pin .9 on the rock-shaft I), the pin striking the foot and lifting it as the machincjcomplctes its movement.

Referring now to Figs. 1%, 15 and 16, the purchase-indicating wheels E,' the paid-in indicating ,wheels L, and the change, indicating wheels 51 are located at the top of the machine above the key-board. The sales slides 1, 2, 3, 4:, and the paid-in slides 11, 1-2,

13 and 14: are arranged alternately, and the sales keys H and paid-1n keys K are also ar ranged alternately on the key-board, the

finger pieces being preferably distinguished by difference in color or shape or both." The sales and paid-in slides, instead of being curved bars carried by a curved race, are carried by segments 52 mounted upon a shaft 53, on which is also mounted the arm ('1 carrying the cross-head C. There are eight of these segments 52, and they are moved in one direction by the cross-head. as are the curved slides in the form of machine already described, and are drawn independently in the other direction by springs 54. one foreach segment. The segments carry on their front sides not. only the ratchet teeth for engaging the pivoted dogs fcarried bythe crosshead, but also the gear teeth similar to the gear teeth of the curved slides for engaging the pinions of .thecolnputing mechanism, which, in the form of machine shown in Figs. 14, 15 and 1G, is usedonly to make the change. The rear sides of the segments are provided with other sets of gear teeth 55, which mesh with wheels 56. 57, sleeved upon shaft 58. The wheels 56 engage the teeth on the purchase segments 1, 2, 3, 4, and areconnected by interlnediate wheels 58 with the gears '59 attached to the sales or purchase indicator whce'ls E. The wheels 56 are connected by pawls and ra tchets with otherwhecls 61, mounted adjacent to them. which wheels fil, engage register wheels (-2 (Fig. 15) for registering the amount of the sales. The registeringmechanism may be that of my Patent No. 484,814. The wheels 57 operated by the paid-in slides 11, 12, 13 and 1 1 are connected, through two sets of wheels 63 and-6 k, with gears 65 on the paidin'indicator wheels L. The wheels 63 and 8 are respectively the adding and subtracting wheels of a computing mechanism similar to that which has already been described for indicating and making change, which is clearly shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7. The respective constructions of these different computi'ng mechanisms differ only in that the one first described controlsboth the money changer and acts as welltas an. indicator, Wlnle the construction. shown in Figs. 14, 15 and Meets as an indicator alone. As

these devices have already been fullydc- .amount of a sale, mechanism for operating scribed and shown, no further description and illustration is thought necessary.

lVhat I claim is: i

1. In a machine of the class describcd, the combination-With devices for indicating the amount of a sale, mechanism for operating the same, devices for indicating the amount of money tendered in payment, mechanisms for, operating said devices, keys for controlling said mechanismsand a common operating means for said mechanisms.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination with devices for indicating the amount of a sale, mechanism for operating the same dcviccs 'for indicating the amount of money tendered in payment, mechanism for op'c rating said devices, keys for controlling said mechanism, and means for simultaneously operating said mechanisms' 3; Ina machine of the class dcs cribedg.

the combination with indicators for the amount of sales, of indicators for the amount tendered, .jndependent controlling" devicesfor the respective indicators and a common operating means for said indicators.

4. Ina machine of the class described, the combination with change 'selectingmechamsm, and meansfor differentially positioning the same, of change delivering devices. and levers for operating said devices, a pivot-ed frame carrying said levers, and means for raising said frame to cause said lever to engage. the selecting mechanism. i

5.. In a machine of the class described, the combination with change selecting mech': a'nism, and means for differentially adjusting the same, of changedelivermg meclv 'amsm, levers for operating said deliver ng mechanism, a frame carrying said levers,

and means for raising said frame to first ,cause the levers to engage and be controlled by said selecting mechanism and to then rock said levers to cause delivery of change. 6. In a. machine of. the class descr1bed,the

combination with change selecting 1nechanism, and means for differentially adjusting the same, o f change delivering mech-yanism, bell crank levers f'o r,operating said delivering mechanlsm, and means for first moving said levers as a whole until arms thereof engage the selecting mechanism" and then rocking said levers to cause operation of the change deliveringmechanism;

7; In a machine of the "class described, the

combination with change selecting mechanism, and keys for differentially positionthe same, devices-for indicating the amount of money tendered in payment, mechanism for operating said devices, keys fbr controllingsaid-mechanisms, a change indicator, mechanism for controlling said indicator controlled by the above mentioned mechanisms.

9. In a machine, of the class described, the

amount of a sale, mechanism for operating the same, dcvlccs tor lndicatmg the amount trolling. said mechanisn'i, a change indicator. mechanism for operating said indicator. and .means for simultaneously operating said mechanisms.

'10. In a machine of the class described. the combination with devices for indicating the amount of a sale, mechanism for operat;

amount of money tendered in payment, mechanism for operating said devices, keys for controlling said mechanism, a change indicator. mechanism for operating said indimechanisms.

11. In a'machine of the class described, thc'combination of a. sales indicating mechanism, actuators'therefor, sales keys for controlling said actuators. paid in keys, actuating means controlled by said paid-in keys, a computing mechanism for indicating the change, and means whereby said computingv mechanism is operated by the simultaneous action of the sales and paid-in actuators.

1'2. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a sales indicating mechanism, actuators therefor, sales keys for controlling said actuators, a paid-in indicating mechanism. actuators thcrefor,- aid-in keys for controlling .said actuators, a computing mechanism .for indicating thechange, and means whereby said computing .mcchanisn'i is operated by the sinniltancous action of the sales and paid-in actuators.

a sales indicator, mechanisms for operating the paid-in and sales indicators, :1 change indicator, means for operating the same con trolled by the above mentioned operating mechanisms, and a series of keys for controlling the said operatingmechanisms.

ing the same, of changedelivering mcch-' combination with devices for indicatingthe of money tendered in payment, mcchanism' for. operating said dev1ccs,;kcys for con- 'c'iitor, and an actuator common to all of said 13.111 '21 machine of the class described. the combination with a paid-1n indicator. of

ing the same; devices for indicating themechanism and the said setting devices said indicator a single movement to setit to a positlon representing the difierence be- -and a series of keys for controllingsaid a sales indicator, a change indicator, conpaid-in and sales indicators; 4

.t-he-sale, a chan e indicator, an operating the movements of the operating mechanism.

. the combination with a series of keys represales indicating elements, of av series of mov mainder of said driven members and repre- 14. In a machine of the class described,- the combination with'a paid-in indicator, of a sales indicator, mechanisms for operating said indicators, 21 change indicator, means for communicating movement to the change indicator controlled by the operating mechanismsof the paid-in and sales indicators, and anoperating member for imparting movement to said operating means.

-15. In a machine of the class described,

ofa sales indicator, mechanisms for operat ing said indicators, :1 change indicator, means for operating the latter controlled by the aforesaid operating mechanisms," a movable member for actuating said means,

mechanisms.

16. Ina-machine of the class described, the combination with a paid-1n indicator, of;

trolling devices for the paid-in and sales indicators, a common operating device for these two latter indicators, andmeans for, controlling the change indicator from the 17. In .a machine of the class described, the combination with setting-devices representing the amount of money paid-in, other setting devices representing the amount of mechanism for said latter indicator,.and operating connections between said operating \vhereby'the latter simultaneously control 18. Ina mechine ot'tlie class described,-

senting the amounts of sales, a second series of keys representmg the amounts pa d in, a change indicator, and means for giving tween the amounts set up on the respectiveseries of keys. v v

19. In a machine of the class described, the co1nbination vit h a series of movable able paid-in indicating elements, a change indicating element, and a compound epicyclic gearing through which the paid-in and sales elements control the change element.

20.In a'machine of the class described, the combination with an oscillating driving member, of driven members arranged to be coupled thereto, a series ofkeys for controlling the coupling operations of a partof said driven members and representing the amounts-of sales, another series of keys controlling the coupling operations of the resenting amounts paid in, and a change device arranged to be operated simultaneously by the driven members so as to occupy a po- ..indicat-in s'ition representing the difference between the movements of said driven members.

21. In a machine of the class described, I

the combination with sales, amount tendered and change. indicators, of operating devices ;-for the change indicator-dead means controlling saidoperaning devices according to the movements of tie sales andamount tendered indicators.

i -In a machine of the class described, the combination with devices adjustable for anamount' of sale, of devices adjustable for I an amount of deposit, change selecting devices, and means whereby the movement of the sales and deposit devices simultaneousl control -the change selecting devices;

23. In a machine ofthe class described,

the; combination of machine having minnend indicator mechanism, a slibtrahend indicator: mechanism, a remainder ndicator mechanism, a ban-kiof keys for setting the ,mi'nu'end indicator .-'me clianism, a separate bank of keys fonsetting the subtrahendindicater-mechanism, and me ans whereby the operation theminuend and subtrahend echanism. may operate to efiect the desired adjustment of the remainder indicat ing' mechanism. 4

24. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a machine for tempo rarily'indieating value received, value retained, and-value returned 'inithe form of change in each special transaction, and consisting of a-minuend i1 dicator mechanism, a subtrahend indicator mechanism, a remainder indicator mechanism, means whereby the operation of the minnend and subtraliend indicators mayoperate the remainder.

indicator and means for readjusting the several indicator mechanisms to the starting point on the beginning of a new indication.

25. In amachine of-the' class described, the combination with a series of keys representing the amount' of sales, a second series of keys representing the amounts paid in, a change indicator, and means for directly setingsaid indicator to a'position representing the difference between the amounts set upon the respective series of keys.

mechanism cont-rolled byboth mecha-- in accordance with a deposited amount, of

mechanism adapted to be positioned in accordancewith an amount of purchase; and an indicating mechanism controlled by both said mechanisms and constructed. td be adjusted in-a direction depending on the purchase and deposit amounts.

29. In a machine of the class described, the combination.with mechanism adapted to be positioned inaccordance with a depos ited amount, oi? mechanism adapted to be bdjusted in accordance with an amount of purchase, and indicating mechanism auto inati "ally adjusted by the movement of said mechanisms directlyto a position depending on the difference between said two amounts.

b0. Infia machine of the class described, the combination with mechanism adapted to be adjusted in accordance with a deposited amount, of mechanism adapted to be adj usted in accordance with an. amount of pur chase, and indicating mechanism controlledby both said mechanisms and constructed to move in a direction according with the larger of the tn'oamounts to a position indicating-- the diti'ercnce between said two amounts. j I

31. In a machine of the class described, the combination in a sales indicating or, registering machine, with devices for indicating the amount of a sale, mechanism for operating the same, devices for indicating the "amount of money tendered in payment,

mechanism for operating said devices, keys K for coi'itrolling said mechanisms, a change -indicator,.mechanism for operating said indicator controlled by the above mentioned operating mechanisms and a change making mechanism movable in accordance with the amount exhibited on the change indicator.

In a machine of the class described, the combination with devices for indicating V p 'the amount of a sale, mechanism for operating the same. devices for indicating the amount of money. haderedin payment,

mechanism for operating said devices, keys for cruitrolling said mechanisms, a charge indicator, mechanism for operating said indicator, a change making melcl'lanis'm, and means for si1nultaneously operating said mechanisms. i V f In a machine of the class described, the combination with devic es-for indicating the amount of asale, mechanism for operating the same, devices for indicating the amount of money tendered in payment, mechanism for operating :said devices keys fcr controlling said mechanisms, a charge indicator, mechanism for. operating said indicator, a change making mechanism, and

an actuator common to all said mechanisms.

3a. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a paid-in indicates-of a sales indicator, mechanisms for operating said indicators, a change indicator, a change maker, and means for operating the change indicator and change maker controlled by the operating mechanism for the pa-idin and sales indicators.

35. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a' paid-in indicator,- of a sales indicator, mechanism for operating said indicators, a change indicator, a change maker, means for operating the change indicator and change maker controlled "by the aforesaid operating mechanisms, and a mo'v able member for operating said means.

36. In .a machine of the classldescribed, the coml'iination with a paid-in indicator, of a sales indicator, a change indicator, means for controlling the sales and paid-in indicators, a change maker and means for intomatically adjusting the change indicator and change maker'to the difie'rence between amount-s indicated on the paid in'and sales indicators. a

37. In a machine of tile class described, the combination with a series of keys representing the amounts of sales, a second series of keys representing the amounts paid-in, a change selector, means for setting the latter by a single movement to a position repre-, senting the difference between the operated keys ,ingthe two series and change ejecting mechanism controlled by said selector.

38. In a machine of the class described, the combination with'saies, amount tendered and change indicators, a change maker and means controlling the movements of the change indicator and change maker according. to the adjustments of the sales and. amount tendered indicators.

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39. In a machine of the class described, r

the combination .yvith indicators for the amount of sale, of lndicators for the'amount tendered, a money changer, and operating the indicators;

40. In a 'machlne of the class described, the combination with mechanism adapted to be adjusted-in-accordance with a'deposited means intermediate ,the money changer and in accordance with an amount of purchase, and means for simultaneously adjusting said two mechanisms; of change selecting mechanism controlled by said twomechanisms, and adapted to b e adjusted by said mechanisms to a position dependingon the difference between said two amounts, and change delivering means controlled by said selecting mechanism.

42. In a machine of the class described, the combination with mechanism adjustable in accordance with a deposited amount and mechanism adjustable in accordance with an amount of purchase, of change selecting means rigidly connected to both said mechanisms, and a common opcratingmeans for both said mechanisms.

43. In a machine of the class described,

' v the combination with'mechanism adapted to v be positioned'in accordance with an amount be positioned in accordance with a deposited amount, mechanism adapted to be positioned by an amount of purchase, and means for operating s'aid' deposit and purchase mechanisms simultaneously; of change selecting mechanism connected rigidly to both said mechanisms and adjusted thereby. p v

454. In a machine of the class described, the combination with mechanism adapted to be positioned in accordance with a deposited amount, mechanism adapted to be positioned in'accordance with an amount of purchase, and change selecting mechanism; of epicyclic gearing connecting said selecting mechanism to both said deposit and purchase mechanisms, f

45. In a machine of the class described, the combination with mechanism adapted to of purchase, mechanism adapted to be positioned in accordance with a deposited amount, and change selecting mechanism; of.

an epicyclic gearing connecting said selecting mechanism to both said deposit. and-purchase mechanisms, and transfer devices acting 011 said gearing.

46.'In a machine ot the class descrlbed,

V thecombination with mechanism adapted to be positioned in accordance with adeposited amount, and mechanism adapted to be'flpositioned in accordance with an amount of'purchas; 'of change selecting means positively connected to bothsaid mechanisms, and means for adjusting said mechanismssimnltaneously.

I 47. In amachine of the class described, the combination with mechanism adapted to be positioned in accordance with a deposited amount, and mechanism adaptedto bepositioned in accordance with an amount of pur; chase; of change selecting means positively connected to both said mechanisms by epiyclic gearing, and means .for adjusting said mechanisms simultaneously. I i 48. Ina machine of the class described, the combination with mechanism adapted to anism given be positioned in accordance with a deposited amount, and mechanism adapted to "be positioned in accordance with an amount of purchase; of means for simultaneouslyadjusti ng said mechanisms, and a changeselecting means connected to both said mechanisms and arranged to "be moved by either of said mechanisms, but to remainstationary if both move at once.

49. -In a machine of the'class described,

the combination with mechanism adapted to be positioned in accordance with a deposited amount, and mechanism adapted to be positioned in accordance with an amount f purchase, of a change selecting means pos" tively connected to both said mechanisms and constructed to remain stationary while both mechanisms move, but to be actuated by either mechanism moving alone.

50.'In a ,machine of the class described, the combination with-a machine adapted to be positioned in accordance with a deposited amount, and' mechanismad apted to be positioned in accordance withan amount of purchase; of change selecting means positively connecting to both said ;mechanisms and constructed to'be adjustedthereby directly in sidirection determined by the mechment. 51. In a machine of the class described,

the combination with change selecting 'mechanism comprising separate denominational elements, of two Way acting transfer devices betweensaid denominational elements. v

. 52. .In a machine of the class described, the combination with a change selecting mechanism comprising separate denominational elements, movable in opposite direc tions for addition and subtraction of trans-' fer devices operatingfrom a lower dentimination to a higher denomination in either. direction ofmovement of said elements.

53. Ina machine of the class described, the combination with change selecting mechanism, comprising separate denominational elements; of two way acting transfer devices between said elements, including epicy .clic gearing. I

54..In a machine of the class described,

the combination with change selecting mechthe greater extent of adjustios anism comprising separatedenominational, 1 elements, of eplcycllc gear ng connecting.

said elements including a normally fixed gear, and means for moving said fixed geari in either direction to cause a transfer from one denominational element to another.

55. In .a machine of theclass described, I

the combination with change selecting mech anism, and manipulative devices for differentially positioning same; of change delivering mechanism, and ,means' controlled by said selecting mechanism for actuatingsaid delivering mechanism; and a main operating mechanism for actuating said selecting

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